from Mike Zeisberger of the Toronto Sun,

This being Sin City and all, Bill Foley, a smile on his face and a new NHL team on his resume, is putting all his cards on the table when it comes to the possible relocation of the Oakland Raiders to Vegas.

“I’d rather not have them here. Because they’re competition,” the owner of the expansion Golden Knights says candidly. “But it’s probably good for Las Vegas to have the exposure. And that’s where I live now.

"We're going to have a competitive team in all aspects. So we're not that concerned."

About a 20 minute drive from the clanging slot machines, velvet craps tables and retina-blinding neon lights of the famed Strip, we are sitting in a boardroom at Foley’s upscale offices in suburban Summerlin. In this quiet setting, far from the chaos of Las Vegas Boulevard, the subject du jour on this nippy Monday: the possibility of the NFL becoming the second major North American sports league to put a team in the so-called Gambling Capital of the World, following in the footsteps of the NHL.

Here in the town where bluffing is an art form, the personable Foley, 71, doesn’t play that game.

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